Games similar to Impossible Chess

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Take a look at some of the most similar games below.

Bombe
Formulate automation rules for minesweeper grids so you only need to solve new problems.
14 Minesweeper Variants 2
Master 14 new minesweeper rule variants with purely deductive logic puzzles.
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Discover the rules from only an image of a puzzle game environment.
Baba Is You
A tricky puzzle game about changing the rules.
Gridmount
A tiny, free sokoban game that deconstructs the grid.
14 Minesweeper Variants
Minesweeper taken to the extreme with new rules and fully deductive puzzles.
One to Three
Infer a consistent set of rules that yield a unique solution to each line-drawing puzzle.
Letter Coins
Find words within arrangements of old letter-stamped coins.
E9uations
Push numbers and operators as blocks to create the required numbers.
Counterfill
Follow the rules to solve some paper puzzles — except the rules are covered with paint.
12 Word Searches
It's just 12 word searches. I swear.
A Directionless Cycle
A deep puzzle game in which markings on the blocks determine how they react to your inputs.
Vext Edit
A tricky block-pushing game that puts you in the puzzle designer's seat.
PortalSnake
Guide a snake through grid-breaking portals in this challenging puzzler.
SquishCraft
Squish blocks in ways that should never be allowed in a grid-based puzzler.
Lyne
Connect all shapes with interlocking lines over soothing sounds.
Up Left Out
Unlock blocks from their holding pins and match them together.
Yugo Puzzle
Combine all blocks of the same color in this challenging grid-based puzzler.
Spell Slide
Push letters to make and break words in this abstract sokoban game.
The Temple of Blight
Figure out the meaning of several drawings on the wall of a temple.
Rush
Guide steady streams of cubes to their exit points.
Push Blox
Lift and push colorful blocks that merge when they touch to complex puzzle contraptions.
UDLR_Modify
A grid-based puzzler in which your directions of movement are a resource.
LOK
Uncover the hidden language of the LOK through letter-based logic puzzles.
Tunnels
Discover the rules of each glyph in this instructionless puzzle challenge with serpentine tunnels.
Bobogram
A playful puzzle book with clipped instructions.
[the Sequence]
Find your way across the grid using specific modules to alter your position.
Polimines 2
A challenging logic game combining rules from nonogram and minesweeper puzzles.
Tatami
Divide the board into pieces of the specified size — until the rules start to twist.
Altered
Solve grid-based puzzles by changing the shape of your characters.

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